War on Terror News

As United States military forces and their coalition partners intensify the war against Islamist militants in Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan under President Donald Trump, civilian casualties — and Muslim outrage — are soaring.

Brussels -
The catty and stupid process of queuing up to blame Belgium for its hideous experience in the recent terror attacks is a symptom of failure. The problem isn’t Belgium; it’s lousy logic and worse working dynamics in global intelligence.

Las Vegas -
The topic of Tuesday's Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas was national security and in a display of hawkish one-upmanship, several of the leading GOP candidates justified the killing of innocent civilians in the war against Islamist terrorism.

Senator Lindsey Graham is bringing "doom and gloom" to his presidential campaign, exciting the neoconservatives, and against the will of Americans that are over the "war on terror," even as they themselves worry about terror and religious extremism.

Manila -
A local official claimed that over 30 Philippine National Police Special Action Force(SAF) commandos were killed when they clashed with fighters from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) as they were attempting to arrest a bombing suspect.

Paris -
I know little to nothing about Jean-Pierre Gorges, other than that he is a member of the French National Assembly and that he alone, out of 502 lawmakers, voted against expanding France's participation in the US-led war against Islamic State militants.

Washington -
The CIA torture report released by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday revealed extreme abuse and brutality inflicted upon terrorism suspects and innocent detainees in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

Washington -
American diplomatic posts and thousands of US Marines have been placed on heightened alert a day ahead of the release of a long-awaited Senate report detailing CIA torture of terrorism suspects during the Bush administration.

Washington -
Thomas Nolan, associate professor of criminology at Merrimack College, claims that the war on terror has resulted in the transformation of U.S. police forces so that they have become "occupying armies" in some American communities.

Al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda's Syrian branch, has for the first time threatened to retaliate against the United States, as well as other nations participating in air strikes against the Islamic State, condemning the attacks as "a war against Islam."

Washington -
If the US war against the Islamic State were a social program there would be immediate requests for an estimate of the costs. If the duration and extent of the program was indefinite criticism would be immediate and harsh.

After all we've been through since 9/11 — after fighting a prefabricated enemy created by Washington — Americans still haven't learned a thing. Another illegal war predicated on deception will only make things worse.

Each year on the anniversary of the worst (received) terrorist attack in our nation's history, Americans fear a new 9/11. But as is too often the case, America is once again acting in a manner that's likely to foment more, not less, anti-American terror.

When you fight the monster, you risk becoming the monster. The CIA has a tremendously difficult task in confronting and fighting violent terrorists in hostile territories, but engaging in torture raises the risk of retaliatory terrorism.

Pakistan's Operation Zarb-e-Azb has decimated the Taliban stronghold in the North Waziristan Agency, crippling its ability to wage a war against Pakistan and invade Afghanistan once U.S. withdraws its troops.

The opinion of Edward Snowden is wide ranging. Some call him a traitor, others call him a patriot. The truth sits firmly in the latter. Edward Snowden is a red, white and blue patriot whose act of civil disobedience came at a price everyone should revere.

Kansas City -
Since 9/11, right wing extremists have killed more Americans than Islamic jihadists, yet attacks committed by the former don't get anywhere near the amount of coverage-- or government attention-- as violence perpetrated by the latter.

Not far from the administrative offices at Guanatanamo Bay there are still eight small cottages long abandoned. They were the site of a secret CIA operation in which CIA officers turned terrorists into spies and sent them home.

An investigation conducted by an independent task force has concluded that the Central Intelligence Agency has been forcing doctors, psychologists and other health care professionals to torture individuals detained during the 'War on Terror.'

Kidal -
Two French journalists,were murdered in Mali, North Africa, Saturday, just hours after being kidnapped by insurgents. The two journalists have been identified as 57-year-old Ghislaine Dupont and sound technician, Claude Verlon, aged 55.

Tripoli -
There is little discussion of the legality of the seizure of suspected Al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al-Liby in front of his house in Tripoli as he arrived home from prayers except in terms of defense of its legality under US law.

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Troops during house to house search in Miranshah. Ground operation was launched early in the morning in North wazirastan Agency.

ISPR – Pakistan Army

File photo: Egyptair taxiing at Prestwick Airport Scotland.

Lou Robertson via Twitter

An Afghan boy looks at a U.S. Marine photographer in 2010

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lindsay L. Sayres

Two Afghan children look at a U.S. Army photographer in June, 2010

U.S. Army photo by Spc. Eric Cabral

Mechanized troops patrolling outside the cordoned area in North Wazirastan Agency

ISPR – Pakistan Army

COAS and Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif During his visit to IDPs Camp Bannu.

ISPR – Pakistan Army

The US Terrorism Liaison Officer's Committee (TLOC) is comprised of at least one law enforcement officer from each of the local police departments located within FBI Chicago Division territory. TLOC provides a venue for local law enforcement to interact with with each other and with the FBI to share ideas and intelligence regarding the nation's war on terrorism and to discuss the counterterrorism challenges faced daily by police officers on the streets.

United States Private Public Partnership

Afghan man receives treatment from a U.S. Navy corpsman after being injured in a grenade attack

U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Simon Lee

Afghan man and his son wait to see a U.S. military doctor providing medical services to the local population